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Epics of the Americas: Whitman's Leave of Grass and Neruda's Canto General

Name: Epics of the Americas: Whitman's Leave of Grass and Neruda's Canto General
ISBN: 9788491342021

By
- William Allegrezza
Publisher
- Publicacions de la Universitat de València

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Series: 144 of 31
Language: English
Format
Category: Non-Fiction

Whitman wanted to bolster the American democratic spirit by creating a democratic literature through his Leaves of Grass, he also wanted to create something epic, so he crafted a new form, the lyric-epic. Pablo Neruda wrote Canto general as a foundational text for communism in Latin America. In both books, these poets want to politicize the reader, Whitman for democracy and Neruda for communism, both of which have become foundational poets for their countries over time.

Release date

Ebook: 20 November 2018